Patrick Nguyen is an ex-lawyer turned art collector who edited Gestalten’s Beyond the Street. The book is about street/urban art and is richly illustrated by some of the world’s best artists, including: Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Faile, Blu, WK Interact, Os Gemeos, Jeffrey Deitch, Jonathan LeVine, Martha Cooper, Wooster Collective, Brady Downey, Futura, Dzine, Blek le Rat, and about 100 more key figures in the urban street scene from around the globe. Watch this video of Patrick giving us an inside look into the book and the fine art of persuading normally arcane artists to do interviews.
Quotes of the Day
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
All men hear is blah blah blah blah sex, blah blah blah blah food, blah blah blah blah beer.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
In three words I can sum up everything about life: it goes on.
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather the lack in will.
Amat Victoria Curam (Victory Loves Carefulness)
Nihil Sine Labore (Nothing Without Effort)
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
